McDonald's Faces Protests Over Farm Wages

[deadparrot]

CHICAGO - Farmworker advocates crowded the sidewalk outside McDonald's flagship restaurant Saturday, demanding better wages for the people who pick the tomatoes used by the fast-food giant.

Police officers kept the drive-thru open at the busy downtown intersection as several hundred protesters pounded on drums and held signs that read 'I'm Not Lovin' It' — a play on McDonald's advertising slogan.

Rolando Sales, 26, said workers who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 a day are being exploited so that McDonald's can purchase tomatoes at a low price.

"We put food on the table for families all over this country," Sales said in Spanish. "We are asking McDonald's to take some responsibility as a corporation."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060402/ap_on_bi_ge/farmworkers_fast_food

[depakid]

1. 125 buckets of green tomatoes

[Rainscents]

2. That's lot of bucket!

Shame on corporate to use these as a slave.

[Boojatta]

3. Will McDonald's start using an artificial paste not made from tomatoes?

Rolando Sales, 26, said workers who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 a day are being exploited so that McDonald's can purchase tomatoes at a low price.

On the credit side for McDonald's, if it weren't for McDonald's, there might be no tomatoes grown in the USA. (Can anyone do some fact checking?)

[951-Riverside]

4. Uh Oh! They are asking for higher wages!

...I guess Americans can do those jobs afterall! :rofl: